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Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... CHF, Autoimmune Vasculitis ... mycobacterial), Eosinophilic ... #Differential #Algorithm
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... ANCA-positive vasculitis ... (Eosinophilic granulomatosis ... high resolution chest ... #differential #diagnosis
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Response Management Algorithm ... - Upper airway pathology ... - Lower airway pathology ... pneumothorax, COPD ... #differential #Diagnosis
On the left two cases with chronic consolidation. 
There are patchy non-segmental consolidations in a subpleural
The final diagnosis ... In chronic eosinophilic ... will be other signs ... this #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP #
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis ... polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic ... palpable purpura 2/2 vasculitis ... differential (check eosinophil ... EGPA • ESR and CRP
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Diagnosis Framework ... purpura: Strong sign ... Elevated ESR and CRP ... progressive) EGPA (Eosinophilic ... Polyangiitis): • Eosinophilia
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... and Differential Diagnosis ... clinical context and signs ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... Interstitial nephritis: eosinophilia
Atoll Sign (Reverse-Halo Sign) on Chest CT
 • Central GGO surrounded by a crescentic or circumferential
Atoll Sign (Reverse-Halo ... Sign) on Chest ... consolidation • DDx: COP ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
Differential diagnosis ... reversed halo sign ... adenocarcinoma in situ; COP ... #Radiology #RHS ... #Differential #Algorithm
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Sarcoidosis E - Eosinophilic ... elimination of CO2 ... caused by a rigid chest ... #differential #diagnosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology